Show KHIOAT10N MATTKK treated a Yew 51115 lo pillnuance of authority granted by the stale luxrd of Irrlgnllon elate Kn < neer It W Unwell hat created n new water district to he knowua water htrlet No 101 water dlrkloll No I tic ie same to eonalet of the watersheds IIf the South Ilatln river and txxlge Pole ereek In Nebraska and lass I appointed ap-pointed C I M Hwirlnof Ognlalla Banner Bann-er awUlant Mwetnry to hold the olllfot for n period of two ycan from April I The loused tan rrpraletl the followIng follow-Ing ode No 01 adopted loot August relating to adjudlnttlmi awl hear Inllhl llalinanta having Illeil with the Me retary of thl bent ten day pnvloti to dole 1 of lint hearing annimntnl elahll I aflldarlt In thfl form piwerlbed end I enllllcd Claim for Ihe waters of the ttateof Nebni kaneed not appear at wild hearing unlww they with lo fTcraddlllonnl leotlinonyln aupi > ort of heir claim Slain Knglneer Unwell hu madn the nllowing report of lib ten month mrki Tothn Honorable Slate lUnnlof Irrl allon lenllemeni The tell month lilt have elapMMl Iln r the stale IKKIH Irrigation entered upon the urtlvn Itchiirge of Its funetlont and iliilli a huo been occupleil t largely by the work of organlullon deemed essential to the future 1Iluln of the depart nent After the Induction of the admtnln leaflet I olMccm I of your honorable I levant nloodlrn I traiiovrlpt of notice of np iroprlallou Wed with the rarkmannin I y clerks of the alt In compliance with tics general Irrigation low oll 83J verecolleclcd from forlyfmirdlnVrenl roll nUl ThcM Iranterlpl formetl Unit 1001uwniaof inanuwrlpt selling orlh In a menger manner the claim ol 79 alleged up > roprlatoni of the public talent of lice Mate To each of hew I claimant of ravel dank claim nflldavlt of n form end character iirewrlhcd liy your engine and secretary ncro then forwanlnl for the purrwwi that they might properly bo Illletl out and returned 1 for the more rflnlto Information of the fawns rejecting re-jecting pproprtallon actually made malUlIm fnini lODaf the claim aftl darns Illnl on or before the 3l > t day of December I CUV show that there wen under roiiktriictlon In IliUnlalron or i Iwfore April 4 IHJI when the premrut rrlgntlnn law Incauie I elTettlve cams 791D 1 still ot canal entliimlcd to ors 1 when rompletixl I17SV30 covering 1001017 arena of loud III Hit total nllrage ISIIltnlleitliiive lnen ttimplelw 1 it an exporiMt of tlUo309 Aa toon uh ioUectlon of claim nf lldiivll had pnveciliil 1 to oho Iota dremril luteMarjthn tlntn naa divide 1 Into ii hrahd and lice adjinlleiilloi t III the vnrlout claim rcpriHnlcd 1 tin lerlakrii Hearlnga for lice IIfIM onit of giving dahuants nu u II srr IyI lujlMjitiiitn I Lr OieJlKionl lo iijiporlnfUi > lr itlleicr I ppniprlatlim l were Hr t held ulllil the wulenhrtl the Itepubllean rive r end 1 upon the wmcliulon of thaI seer k therein the natenhedof the Klkhor and the ienpr 1 verve ssl ro taken up In I thn ortler Indicated Thewi hearing were set for and 1 rule red twentyheieii dllTerenl nontlra forming n thHketof 373 tax a 3n In rv and twenty contetlt Of thenn 313 cases SSO have ix Ueti vlnwed and iaued upon by your enRlnrvr and wo retarv the leaving ilarbrl itlll corolla beret with 153 enM a In addition to the claim aflldiivlt above enumcralcd l lieu applltatlona fur permit appmprlule llm puWlo will era of the ttaie huvnlwen tiled svllh the board ilnceltacrciillim MntMlcafni ISO of tills number Illeil on or hlore l the Slat day of DwemUr Idol how that the total additional mileage DI canal pnipokcd aulike < uent lo April 1 of sat year amounted to 3113 mile eitlraaled to cent IflJWJM covering 1387l acres Noun of thrte appllcatlunt have teen granted tint far dlrrctnl 1 tcy your honorabln Imanl reMilulloiindiintel 1 May 10103 The some Iwlnir held 1111 I old ofllco for reconl until such llm Bt tha iljudlntloua upon each wale lard BlTecletl l have procceiled to MICa MIC-a point that the bonnl may deem Itself juilllled becnuMi of an ap > arent scoop pro priatnl supply of satrr In granting oho Mime In the conduct of lets work tier rx pendltureaof thnlHHirdexcIutlveof oho salary I of the eiiglneer and imvtar Ft i have been an follow Inder scene larJen apnniprtatlon 3iNi exiiendet m 11410 additional aulttnntt I I appropr Uon 111 xlIIh 1 fl1011 rxrrnra afb < ianlnppn > prlalliiiloi iexpeiir 1310 I slallonerr liitlriiiiienl l onturoe epproprlatlon etc appropriation JiXK exiiendei 4ul3 Ihnfeti charged up I for taking AIII traiiMrlblng tvitlnuuiy copying I iv onlt I etc amount In IKHOJ3 of s s bleb l JIMao hat l > een mllevle l and Is 1 on d I ixilt In the I nnnmof Ihn Uwnl I with tl ho roliimblu I National ensue of Lincoln Die bonnl at thl limo Hud UM lf wllli much uN > n Its band mid math addltliiuul work lieforc It During oho coming year adjiidleutlon mukt lo carried on ntnam gauged I tralen divided among the nuuierou elulnmn therefor I and rtloni of the stale intppeil Jortlin purpo oof dhunliig tics I i rour eiif the trrlous rousts to which I water haa been allowed rnfortunately 1 the approprlatloi nee mnda by lice lant legUlaturu for oho use of the board s rro not at all itnnmri tunite with IheiHork entailed There fore If this 4rj > artiiHut fall abort during theromlnr year of meeting the exixcUtlodiof tiiinn Interetleil I lu the dreelu p went of Irripillnn lu tlil ttat I U will be largely s to the tune Inuato approprlatloua made for thu nn wry oiJHnwi of iarrjlng on a work of lice magnitude of that lu head Inclutlng Ibis brief tynoplof the work lirguu and anoiupllthnl during the lIt ten ninntht of this Imnnl vxUtence I would l suggest that tho law ettahlUhlng tho Into Uwnl 01 Irrlgutlon llko mi + at nowcr ntlniit line wino defect 1 and at the tame houl1 thr rcvtlHM by the next legltlature I therefore would rvgoinmend thatucoi > relation cf live persons be lIolrnat by the merit l tIJ art without emnxnw teen for the ntraeeot ImeMlgiillng I and ftugjreftllnir to 1 + ur honorable liodjr such nroendnt I leghlatlon en II r II iI may be decant drsirablr by Mid nnn mlwlon for the UmH moininend to lice next legWnturf I am stn very rrw p lfully your olmll1 servant K II HOWML |